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One more swing for the fences!!

Posted in Baseball, tagged 1A Olympic League, baseball, CHS Wolves, CJ Smith, slide show on June 13, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Julian Welling delivers the high, hard cheese. (John Fisken photos)

Wolf JV coach/master motivator Chris Smith (red top) tells his team, “No McDonald’s unless you win.”

The school year is over, but the slide shows continue to pop up.

Following on the footsteps of the very popular track season spectacular, CHS baseball moms have put together their own clip show to honor the 2016 Wolf diamond squad.

Set to the music of John Fogerty and Trace Adkins, it documents Coupeville’s rise to the top of the 1A Olympic League, in a concise five-minute burst of images.

Check it out:

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Sluggers pile up awards!!

Posted in Softball, tagged 1A Olympic League, awards, CHS Wolves, Softball, Veronica Crownover on May 30, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Jae LeVine swung a big bat and played stellar defense for a Wolf squad which won its most games in several seasons. (John Fisken photos)

Jae LeVine swung a big bat and played stellar defense for a Wolf squad which won nine games, including five straight at one point. (John Fisken photos)

Hannah Benway shared Most Improved honors with fellow frosh Nicole Lester.

Sophomore Lauren Rose is now a two-time All-League softball player.

Mikayla Elfrank (Justine McGranahan photos)

Mikayla Elfrank beats the hose wielded by her coach while playing a wet version of kickball during the team’s banquet. (Justine McGranahan photos)

Hope Lodell splashes down in the pool.

Consistency.

Coupeville High School upheld tradition, netting four First-Team All-League players for the second consecutive year when 1A Olympic League softball coaches tallied their votes.

Sophomores Katrina McGranahan (P) and Lauren Rose (3B) repeated, while sophomore Hope Lodell (OF) and freshman Veronica Crownover (Designated Player) were first-time honorees.

Coupeville went 9-11, winning five straight early in the year.

The Wolves battled aggressively against Bellevue Christian in a playoff loss, then watched as the Vikings, who they split regular season games with, went on to claim 3rd place at the state playoffs.

The All-League honors were among a mix of awards handed out by coaches Kevin McGranahan and Ron Wright at a season-ending banquet Monday afternoon.

Katrina McGranahan nabbed MVP honors, while Rose (Offensive MVP), Sarah Wright (Defensive MVP), Tiffany Briscoe (Hustle Award) and Kailey Kellner (Coaches Award) were also honored.

Freshmen Nicole Lester and Hannah Benway shared Most Improved.

Varsity letter winners:

Tiffany Briscoe
Robin Cedillo
Veronica Crownover
Mikayla Elfrank
Kailey Kellner
Jae LeVine
Hope Lodell
Katrina McGranahan
Heather Nastali
Tamika Nastali
Lauren Rose
Sarah Wright

Participation certificates:

Hannah Benway
Nicole Lester
Melissa Otto

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Cole Payne officially The Man!!

Posted in 1A Olympic League, Baseball, tagged 1A Olympic League, baseball, CJ Smith, Cole Payne, MVP on May 23, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Your 2016 1A Olympic League baseball MVP — Coupeville catcher Cole Payne. (Sylvia Hurlburt photo)

Cole Payne is going out on top.

The Coupeville High School senior, who fought through injury to lead the Wolves to their first baseball league title in 25 years this spring, was tabbed as the MVP of the 1A Olympic League in coach’s voting.

Payne is the second CHS athlete to win top honors in the league, following in the footsteps of two-time girls’ basketball MVP Makana Stone.

A force both at the plate as a hitter and behind it as a catcher, Payne topped a 13-man All-League team released Monday afternoon.

Joining him as First-Team All-League players were senior pitcher CJ Smith, sophomore pitcher Hunter Smith and freshman third baseman Matt Hilborn.

The team features seven seniors, three juniors, two sophomores and one freshman.

Coupeville also received the award for best coaching staff, while Port Townsend took home the sportsmanship award.

The complete All-League team:

Cole Payne (C) Coupeville
George Harris (Inf) Klahowya
Henry Lovekamp (Inf) Chimacum
Matt Hillborn (Inf) Coupeville
Hayden Trull (Inf) Klahowya
Jakob Wittig (C) Klahowya
Berkley Hill (Utility) Port Townsend
Dylan Zuber (OF) Klahowya
Troy Porter (OF) Klahowya
Logan Shaw (OF) Chimacum
CJ Smith (P) Coupeville
Nate Hough (P) Klahowya
Hunter Smith (P) Coupeville

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Six swing into a new day!!

Posted in Girls Tennis, tagged 1A Olympic League, champs, CHS Wolves, tennis, Valen Trujillo on May 10, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Wolf tennis coach Ken Stange poses with doubles champs Payton Aparicio (left) and Sage Renninger. (Photos courtesy Stange)

Olympic League singles champ Valen Trujillo poses with Wolf coach Ken Stange.

Top of the world, ma! Valen Trujillo sailed through three matches Tuesday en route to a singles title.

If there was any doubt the 1A Olympic League tennis scene belonged to Coupeville, scratch that.

On the heels of their second straight unbeaten stroll to a league title, the Wolf netters dominated play Tuesday in Chimacum at the league’s postseason tourney.

Junior Valen Trujillo swept to a singles title, while sophomores Payton Aparicio and Sage Renninger matched her with a title in doubles play.

Three seniors — doubles duo Jazmine Franklin and McKenzie Bailey and singles player Sydney Autio — finished fourth at the league tourney and also advance to districts.

That will be Thursday, May 19 in Spanaway.

After winning her opening match Tuesday, Autio was leading late in her semifinal and on her way to facing off with Trujillo, when she suffered an injury.

She gutted it out and remained on the court to finish a three-set duel, then defaulted her next match and went home to heal.

“I bet she’ll be OK next week,” said a confident CHS coach Ken Stange.

Complete CHS results:

Singles:

Valen Trujillo (1st)

Beat Gladys Hitt (Chimacum) 8-3
Beat Sydney Jackson (Klahowya) 7-5, 6-2
Beat Sophia Thurston (Chimacum) 6-4, 6-3

Sydney Autio (4th)

Beat Amelia Breithaupt (Port Townsend) 8-2
Lost to Thurston (Chim) 3-6, 6-1, 7-5
Defaulted (injury) to Jackson (K)

Bree Dagineault

Lost to Jackson (K) 8-4

Doubles:

Payton Aparicio/Sage Renninger (1st)

Beat Emily Calkins/Marley Music (Chim) 8-0
Beat Renee Woods/Emma Craighead (Chim) 7-5, 6-2
Beat Shania Rose/Hailey Sargent (K) 6-3, 6-2

Jazmine Franklin/McKenzie Bailey (4th)

Beat Dominique Sutton/Taylor Bruce (K) 8-6
Lost to Rose/Sargent (K) 7-5, 6-1
Lost to Woods/Craighead (Chim) 4-6, 6-0, 6-1

Maggie Crimmins/Kameryn St Onge

Lost to Rose/Sargent (K) 8-0

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I’m just ’bout those PRs, boss!!

Posted in Track, tagged 1A Olympic League, Ariah Bepler, CHS Wolves, Emma Smith, Last Chance Qualifier, track and field on May 9, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Emma Smith, seen here earlier this season, shattered her PR in the shot put Monday. (John Fisken photo)

Wolf frosh Emma Smith, seen here earlier this season, shattered her PR in the shot put by 16 inches Monday. (John Fisken photo)

Some Wolves saved their best for last.

Competing Monday in Silverdale at the Olympic League JV Championships, four Coupeville High School track stars set a pair of personal bests.

Emma Smith, Ashlie Shank, Dominic Dausey and Ariah Bepler recorded two PRs apiece, part of a team-wide run of 10 on the day, at an event known as the “last chance qualifier.”

With all 11 Olympic League teams (seven 2A and four 1A schools) in attendance, athletes had a final chance to nail a time or throw which would qualify them for next weekend’s sub-district meet at Bremerton.

To gain entry to that event you have to be in the top eight for your event among all 1A athletes in the league.

From there, athletes have the chance to advance on to districts and state.

While Monday’s meet was mostly about individual achievement, team scores were kept, with Klahowya taking the boys title and the Eagles tying with Port Townsend for the girls title.

Coupeville, which had one of the smallest rosters in attendance, still did well, claiming fifth of 11 teams in the boys battle and 7th for the girls.

The Wolves were led by three second-place finishes, with Alexxis Otto (shot put), Jakobi Baumann (3200) and Bepler (long jump) besting most of the field.

Complete CHS results:

GIRLS:

100 — Ashlie Shank (8th) 14.63 *PR*; Madison Rixe (11th) 14.90

200 — Shank (4th) 30.81; Rixe (14th) 33.37

400 — Rixe (9th) 1:19.31

Shot put — Alexxis Otto (2nd) 25-05.50; Emma Smith (3rd) 23-10 *PR*

Discus — Otto (4th) 72-04; Smith (8th) 69-11 *PR*

Long Jump — Shank (4th) 11-11.75 *PR*

BOYS:

100 — Kyle Burnett (25th) 14.01; Hunter Downes (26th) 14.03

200 — Burnett (24th) 29.68

3200 — Jakobi Baumann (2nd) 13:01.20